PT-2016-1767 · Google · Android

Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2016-04-20 · CVE-2016-0838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1 Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01

Description The issue is related to the Sonivox component in the mediaserver of Android, which does not check for a negative number of samples. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted media file. The problem is associated with the files arm-wt-22k/lib src/eas wtengine.c and arm-wt-22k/lib src/eas wtsynth.c.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.4, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.2, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-04-01, update to a version released after 2016-04-01.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01093

CVE-2016-0838

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0838 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0838 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0838 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0838 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01093 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sonivox/+/3ac044334c3ff6a61cb4238ff3ddaf17c7efcf49 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sonivox/+/24d7c408c52143bce7b49de82f3913fd8d1219cf · Note